Grub Club

Grub Club All Day Buffet review

Name: Grub Club All Day Buffet
Brand: Grub Club

59.4/100Good

DryAdultSenior

An insect protein kibble for the dog that has tried the usual meats and found no joy in them. It sits in our Good band, and for that dog the reading understates how useful it can be. Prebiotics, MSM and chondroitin are all dosed in print.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Dogs that react to chicken, beef or lamb. No animal but the insect is named
A lighter footprint in the bowl, still as complete dry food
Older hips, with MSM at 400 mg/kg and chondroitin at 200 mg/kg
An adult and a senior fed from one bag
Dogs kept away from grain or fish

Worth watching

Potato protein and pea protein high on the list, supplying part of the protein figure
Vegetable digest, a broad term that matters on a strict elimination trial
Carbohydrate estimated at 47.9% of dry matter, and fat modest at 10%

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

59.4/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults and seniors of every size. The bag asks 185 to 260 grams a day for a 15kg adult; a hard-working dog will want the fuller end.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Grub Club All Day Buffet 59.4

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The plant proteins and starch hold the reading in the middle, and a score cannot see that a protein is new to your dog.

What's in it

Insect: dehydrated, freshly prepared30% (15%, 15%)The fresh half gives up its water in the oven, so the dried half does more of the work.
Sweet potato, potato15%The binding.
Potato protein, pea proteinByproducts of processing the vegetable. Neither is animal protein, and both count on the analysis.
Whole lentils, apple, beet pulpFibre, and a spread of minerals from the lentils.
Sunflower oil, whole linseedA gentle plant oil, and plant omega 3. No fish anywhere.
Vegetable digestA palatant the label does not break down.
Dicalcium phosphate, seaweed mealCalcium and phosphorus; iodine for the thyroid.
Superfood blend: spinach, beetroot, blueberry, pomegranate1.0%Printing the total is straight with you. Seasoning, by that figure.
Prebiotic MOS, FOS, yucca extract0.2%, 0.1%, 200mg/kgFeed the useful bacteria in the large intestine; the yucca keeps the garden pleasant.
MSM, chondroitin400, 200 mg/kgDosed. No glucosamine, so a pair and not the full trio.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium, all dosed per kilo.

No moisture on the label, so the dry-matter figures assume the 8% a kibble usually holds.

Named ingredients

Insect (30%) (Dehydrated Insect, 15%, Freshly Prepared Insect, 15%), Sweet Potato (15%), Potato, Potato Protein, Whole Lentils, Pea Protein, Sunflower Oil, Apple, Beet Pulp, Vegetable Digest, Whole Linseed, Dicalcium Phosphate, Grub Club Superfood Blend (Spinach, Beetroot, Blueberry, Pomegranate Powder) (1.0%), Seaweed Meal, Grub Club Digestion Booster (Mannan-oligosaccharides [Prebiotic MOS] (0.2%), Fructo-oligosaccharides [Prebiotic FOS] (0.1%), Extract of Yucca Schidigera (200mg/kg), MSM 400mg/kg, Chondroitin 200mg/kg.

Against the range

Insect is the only animal, at 30% split evenly between dried and freshly prepared. Potato protein and pea protein also count towards the 30.4% protein in dry matter, so the animal share is smaller than that figure implies. No grain and no fish appear.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

354 kcal/100g

Protein

28%

Fat

10%

Fibre

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

30.4%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

4.3%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

47.9%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

31%

Carbs

63.9%

Veg

1.6%

Oils

1.8%

Other

1.7%

Pricing & size